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SRajesh wrote: ↑13 Dec 2025 15:54
Chetakji
At the same time We should mainstream Vajpayee era Jaichands.
Yes he was lumbered with Coalition Dharma (or Drama as some would like to take vicarious pleasure in the discomfiture of the then government)
Having said that there is no excuse for people to sell their country for few shekels!!
Sadly this has been the bane of our country
What to do SRajesh Ji
one has departed for hotter climes and the other gaddar is yet to follow
Two major jaichands, not including the bewigged turncoat from the espionage ecosystem who undermined ABA's efforts in cashmere, and the many minor jaichands, those one exam wonders who conspired with the mafia
Trying his best to stay relevant by stating the obvious.
Tanaji saar, wasn't it a bunch of "plumbers" led by gordon liddy that ultimately brought down nixon
maybe this randy rowdy romeo will do the same for papooze and rid India of it's unwanted domestic vermin
BTW, the rowdy congis will surely rebel and split the party before little randy romeo is selected as PM by the mafioso princeling, if, and that's a big if, he survives politically for that long
* there are plenty of whispers about romeo's horizontal hustle and rhumba during his college days and nights, not to mention the boogie, jitterbug, and jive with some sources mentioning a "casanovesque perception" of him
How such a compromised guy became the governor of RBI is right up there with currency plate sellout in terms of selling out national interests. It was a rare misstep by Modiji on keeping him around, albeit cant blame him really as he was quite new and unaware of the depth of snake infestation.
We Indians really need to get better at crowd management protocols. Time and again we manage to gather crowds either for profit or celebration or hubris (be it open spaces or clubs) with no clue as to what to do if things go wrong. Even in cases of well managed events like Kumbh Mela we do get the odd stampede. Clubs are built by bribing local inspectors with no thought for for safety, our temples being very old are now death traps as they were not built for the volume of people they see. Politician rallies are a show of strength rather than crowd control… no doubt we are seeing an increasing number of fatalities. Life is cheap in India, but doesn’t mean that we have to waste it..
Tanaji wrote: ↑13 Dec 2025 21:27
How such a compromised guy became the governor of RBI is right up there with currency plate sellout in terms of selling out national interests. It was a rare misstep by Modiji on keeping him around, albeit cant blame him really as he was quite new and unaware of the depth of snake infestation.
Tanaji saar,
romeo is a soreass plant who was foisted on the country via the mafioso and the silent sardar route
The central bank has remained safe and helpfully cooperative under the two following governors who turned in excellent performances without the needless smart alecky controversies and constant attention seeking appearances, drama queen histrionics on live teevee and both turned in far more productive results and again both are globally respected as highly rated professionals, and displayed a financially sober acumen, much more than this over rated and flashy gasbag. urjit patel was controversial too but Shaktikanta Das and Sanjay Malhotra have excellent reputations
another soreass acolyte, gita gopinath made frequent rounds of the FM's office and PMO, while making all out efforts to replace Shaktikanta Das but she's not seen as often after Sanjay Malhotra took over
a new president for the bjp was announced, to say it was quite unexpected would be a massive understatement, not many would have heard his name before
crucially though, he is 45, which is younger than all established national level leaders on stage today, though whether or not he can replace being referred to as the "youth leader" is a different matter
this also makes him the youngest party president currently, i think, tejasvi is still not rjd's president, stalin's quite a bit older as is akhilesh
so the bjp is looking to groom a 2nd level of leadership now, who would eventuate couple of elections down the line, as the newer cms are also in the mid 50's and after shah, yogi, fadnavis, hbs, thakur and maybe annamalai
crucial times ahead, i do not know any leader younger than 40 who is being hyped for the future except for maybe harsh sanghavi from gujarat who is the current deputy cm and home minster of gj and was the national vp of the bjp yuva morcha in the past
Also feels like to me that the ultimate conclusion of jitni abaadi utna haq, rights based on strength, is the system of proportional representation/ governance as the eu
That can be the casus belli for the second?third ? Movement of independence, to change representation from a past by post to proportionality so that the 20-30% votes or the total obtained are also counted towards allocating the the seats in the parliament and are included in the matters of governance
We Indians really need to get better at crowd management protocols. Time and again we manage to gather crowds either for profit or celebration or hubris (be it open spaces or clubs) with no clue as to what to do if things go wrong. Even in cases of well managed events like Kumbh Mela we do get the odd stampede. Clubs are built by bribing local inspectors with no thought for for safety, our temples being very old are now death traps as they were not built for the volume of people they see. Politician rallies are a show of strength rather than crowd control… no doubt we are seeing an increasing number of fatalities. Life is cheap in India, but doesn’t mean that we have to waste it..
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Saar, the stampede when RCB won IPL was not a political one I think. Kumbh mela stampede was under Yogiji although by and large it is well managed.
BJP do better. There is serious political interference in the way other parties function. Everyone's Chacha chachi nana nani mama mami will be on stage. The reason for the Kolkata issue was the complete disregard for the public by the Political class linked to TMC. After enraging public who paid money to be there, you trying to lathicharge them is not going to solve the problem. It is a politically created issue. The same player did visit Mumbai as well. There was no issues there.
Saar, the stampede when RCB won IPL was not a political one I think. Kumbh mela stampede was under Yogiji although by and large it is well managed.
Sirji, even the RCB one had severe political interference. They wanted to click picture and wanted to gain the political mileage of the win. Police suggestion was disregarded and it was forced. Eventually when issue happened, the political class washed their hands and pinned the responsibilty at lower level. https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/1 ... ricbuzzcom
Kumbh mela is a massive gathering and that issue was said to be triggered by an unruly group of people.
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To all the history buffs in the forum
A question:
1. Did British Government award Sri. Savarkarji an monthly honorarium/grant/pension (call what you will) post release from Cellular Jail??
2. If so how much and for how long?? Did they raise that a ount at all??
3. Did the British also grant Mr M K Gandhi, the one loving called 'Mahatma' (by the unenlightened ones!!)??
4. The reason he was awarded that
5. If so how much and Did Mr Gandhi accept it ??
Please can you direct me to reliable sources to cross check and quote if need be.
